Bridle ring



Aug. 8, 1933.

R. A. ARMIE 1,921,797

BRIDLE RING Filed Dec. 2, 1931 INVENZT QR Roy 4. firm/e Patented Aug. 8, 1933 v I I a 1,921,797

. UNITED] srATEsj PATENT'O FFICEif aron: RIING Roy A. Armie, Ridgewood, N. .L, assignor to J.

Edward Ogden Company, Inc., East Orange,

N. -J., a Corporation of New Jersey Application December 2, 1931. seriam svsaas 2 Claims. (01. 248-36 This invention relates to bridle rings. receivingthe shank-of the memben In one form It is often desirable to support bridle rings of the inventionthe other end portion of the or wires on cable clamp supports after'the latbridle ring has a notch ext'ending laterally thereter have already been erected and this is not posinto fromonev side edge-thereof and arranged to 5 sible with the ordinary type of support and bridle receive the shank of the supporting member. This 60 ring. With the, constructions 'now in common portion is'provided with means at the outer ex use it is necessary to remove the supporting memtremity of the notch for coaction with the head of her and expansion shield provided the supportthe supporting member to hold the shank'of the ing member is held by an expansion shield and to supporting member in the notch. -In a modified.

use a new shield and a new supporting element form ofthe invention theend portions are'pro- 5 on which the clamp and ring have been mountvided with oppositely extending notches. In aned; This, of course, requires a considerable other embodiment of the invention keyhole slots amount of time and labor. a a are formed in both end portions of the bridle ring. This invention has for its salient object to over- Further details of the invention will; appear come the difficulty and to solve the problem above from the ,fOllOWing esc p I outlined by providing a support and bridlerin Inthe embodiment of the invention illustrated so relatively constructed and arranged that the n gst0 .5 c u v th reis sh wn a cable 3 ring can be easily and quickly mounted on the. a p 10 .Of the usual construction in which is support without removing the support. mounted a cable 11. The .cable clamp has an Another object of the invention is to provide Op n 12 th u W ch iS driven the Support-.75)

' a support and ring so constructed and arranged ing member which, in the preferred form of the that the ring can be opened up without removal invention, consists of a double headed nail 13 from the support to permit additional wires to be having a Shank e a P of heads 15 a d inserted therein or to permitthe withdrawal of 16. The head 15 engages the shank 17 of the wires supported thereby. clamp and holds the clamp in position.

Further objects of the invention will appear The double headed nail may, if desired, be

from the following specification taken in connecused in connection with a drive-in expansion tion with the drawing which forms a part of this shield such as that shown in Patent No. 1,806,640,"

application, and in which granted to Ralph E, Ogden, on May 26, 1931.

50 Fig. 1 is an elevational view showing a cable The bridle ring shown in Figs. 1 to 4 consists clamp and bridle ring mounted in position on a of a strip of resilient metal bent 'upon itself to single support; form a loop 20 and end portions 21 and 22 which Fig. 2 is an elevational view taken at right are arranged to be disposed in parallel relation angles to Fig. 1; l to each other when the bridle ring is closed,

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the bridle ring; as shown in Fig.1. 7

Fig. 4 is a frontelevation of the bridle ring; The end portion 22has an opening 23 dimen Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing a sioned to receive the outer head 16 of the nail modified form of construction; and also has a. notch 24 communicating with Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the opening'23 and arranged to receive the porno aslightly modified form of'bridle ring mounted on tion 25 of the shank of the nail which is dis- :5

the supporting member; posed between the heads 15 and 16. I Fig. '7 is a front elevation of the bridle ring The outer end portion21 of the bridle ring shown in Fig. 6; has a notch 30 formed therein and extending Fig. 8 is an elevational view of the preferred thereinto from one of the side edges .of the porform of supporting member; and tion 21.. The metalat the outer end of the notch 9 Fig. 9'is an end elevation of the member shown 30 is bent outwardly, as shown at 31 and 32; in Fig. 8. The outwardly bent portions 31 and 32 are ar- The invention briefly described consists of a ranged to coact with the outer head 16 of the bridle ring comprising a strip of resilient metal nail, as shown particularly in Fig. 2, and to pre-. bent on itselfto form a loop and having end porvent any accidental opening of the bridle ring. 1? tions arranged to be disposed in parallel relation The embodiment of the invention shown in to each other when the ring is closed. One of Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive is used in the following the end portions has an opening therein adaptmanner: The outer head 16 of the nail is passed ed to receive the head of the supporting member through the opening 23, and the portion25 of the 55 and a notch communicating with the opening for shank is entered in the notch 24. The wires to '30 in end portion 21.

be supported in the bridle ring are inserted in the loop 20, either before or'after the end portion 22 has been mounted on the supporting member and the end portion 21 is then bent laterally relative to the portion 22 and is also bent toward the portion 22 and the shank 25 is entered in the notch 30. After the shank has seated in the inner end of the notch the pressure on the portion 21 is released and this portion will spring outwardly, positioning the outwardly bentportions or lugs '31 and 32 at one side of the head 16. This will prevent any lateral movement of the end portion 21 unless this portion is pressed toward the portion 22. a

In Fig. the rear portion 22 of the bridle ring has an inclined notch 33 arranged to' receive the shank of 'the nail and the inner end 34 of the notch is alined with the inner end of the notch the nail by entering shank portion in notch 33. Then the end portion 21 of the ring is placed on the shank as above described.

Inthe form ofthe invention shown in Figspfi and? the end portions 41 and 42 on the bridle ring are provided with key hole slots 43. The i outer head of the nail is passed through the en- Although'certain specific embodiments of the invention have been particularly shown and described, it will be understood that the invention is capable of modification and that changes in the construction and in the arrangement of the various cooperating parts may be made without The ring is mounted on departing from thespirit or scope of the invention, as expressed in the following claims.

What I claim is: 1. A bridle ring for use with a'headed supporting member and comprising a strip of resilient material bent upon itself to form a loop and substantially parallel inner and outer end portions, the inner portion having an opening dimensioned to receive the head of a supporting member and a recess adjoining said opening-for receiving the shank of said member and the outer end portion 7 having a notch extending thereinto from one side edge thereof for receiving the shank of the supporting member, and means at the outer end of said notch arranged to coact with the head of the supporting member for resiliently holding the outer end of the bridle ring against accidental separation of said head.

2. A bridle ring for use with a headed supporting member and comprising a strip of, resilient material bent on itself to form a loop, and inner and outer end portions arranged to be moved into substantially parallel relation to each other, said end portions having notches to receive the shank of the supporting member, one of said end portions having'an opening communicating with the notch therein and dimensioned to receivethe head of: the supporting member the other andout'er end portion having its notch L extending thereinto from one side edge thereof and being provided with outwardly projecting offset portions at the outer end of the notch arranged to 'coact with the head of the supporting member for releasably holding the outer end portion of the bridle'ring against accidental separation from said head.

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